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CONGREGATIONAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or conducted or participated in by a congregation
Example:
congregational singing
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
congregation (a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of a Congregational church
Synonyms:
Congregational; Congregationalist
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)
Pertainym:
Congregational Church (a Protestant denomination holding that each individual congregation should be self-governing)